Haven’t updated in so long now, ooops. Sometimes life just happens, right? I have lots of exciting news, but first I wanted to share an exciting new thing happening every Saturday in Williamsburg. Smorgasburg is a big food fair (a Brooklyn Flea for foodies!) featuring what seems like a hundred different food vendors.

We got lobster rolls from the Red Hook Lobster Pound. I’ll stray from my mostly vegan diet any day for one of these heavenly buttery rolls.

We brought them down to the park right there, on the Williamsburg Waterfront, which has a killer-view of Manhattan.

I wore this new romper by Society for Rational Dress that I bought (second hand) at Beacon’s Closet the other day. It’s going to be one of my total summer faves, I just know it. So comfy and easy to wear.

Having always been a Brooklyn-girl, I always forget how nice it is on the West side on Manhattan, down by Battery Park.

After a matinee movie screening the other day, we walked over toward the water and discovered this lovely oasis — the Irish Hunger Memorial Garden.

I wore my new pair of pink pants, scored at (second hand store) Beacon’s Closet for $24.95. They’re so hot pink the camera doesn’t know what to do with them. This is sort of the true color, even though they look salmon-colored in the other shots.

What I love most about New York is that you can still discover new things, even after living here for so long. I’d never seen this part of Battery Park before. Beauteous…

/// tee, old H&M / pink jeans, vintage Diesel, Beacon’s Closet / wedges, DSW / tote, Pia Anjou / necklace, Efva Attling ///

When meeting up with friends for lunch in my old Brooklyn-neighborhood on Wednesday, I thought it was a great idea to bike there. Much better than the G train, right?!

Well, during lunch it started pouring and didn’t stop. So, as irony would have it, we ended up on the G train, with our bikes in tow. I’ve never taken my bike on the subway before, another NY-first to cross of the list I guess.

Once home, I changed out of my soaked clothes and into my cozy ones. Later, I decided my comfy western shirt could stay on and come with me to dinner…

/// plaid shirt, BF’s / blazer, H&M / black jeans, Stella McCartney / heels, very old from Din Sko / faux leather fringe bag, Lindex ///

I’m a little bit sad that my first week of freedom is all rain and grayness, but I am taking the time to read books and just chill. I’m also wearing jeans and hats like every day, since I couldn’t do that during those office-years. Yay!

/// velvet blazer, super old, bought somewhere in Chicago /jeans, H&M / hat, very old H&M / scarf, Pia Anjou / boots, vintage ///

Last weekend, we took a walk across the Williamsburg Bridge and checked out some exhibits that were part of the Festival of Ideas for the New City.

Some cool stuff.

Every day should be a festival of ideas, however small they may be. (Like: Walk more, drive less. Brilliant!)

Did you have any good ideas this weekend?

Nature at it’s finest, at the Sakura Matsai cherry blossom festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden this weekend. Gorgeousness everywhere I pointed my camera—it was nearly impossible to take a bad picture. Photobomb, flowerbowb, cherry bomb!

Yesterday we went to the Sakura Matsuri festival, Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s annual celebration of Japanese culture.

The cherry blossoms were in full bloom. Such beauty. Expect a flower photo bomb to hit this blog very soon.

/// old tank, H&M / tencel blazer, H&M’s Garden Collection / jeans, Blue Cult / hat, Dockers / necklace, Brooklyn Charm / wicker bag, Beacon’s Closet ///

So I took a little break from blogging. Not because I’ve been “crazy busy” or traveling or anything. I just felt like doing other things. Like staying in bed for a whole day reading books, and taking long walks in the sun. Feeding the soul.

On a random tangent, I’m suddenly feeling like bootcut jeans with high-heeled boots are totally right again.

/// fur-lined jacket, vintage / tee, H&M / jeans, Earnest Sewn / scarf, mom’s / vintage high-heeled Timberland boots, Beacon’s Closet / denim tote, Ekovaruhuset ///

My usual uniform—finest New York black. It’s such a cliché, but I just can’t help it.

If spring ever comes, I promise to wear happy colors every day.

/// new blazer, H&M / faux-leather dress, H&M clearance / 16-year-old Doc Martens / necklace, Brooklyn Charm / random bracelets ///

Last Saturday was so nice and sunny. I got to don my leather jacket (without another one on top!) for the first time this year. I was supposed to go to a Japan benefit sale one of my friends had organized at the Bowery Hotel, but when I got there the line was around the block, so I left. I don’t queue for fashion. I will donate my money to Japan in a different way. Instead, I walked down to Whole Foods, spent way too much money on good food and went home to cook for some friends. I will choose good organic food over new clothes any day. Easy.

/// vintage leather jacket, Screaming Mimi’s / vintage fur vest, eBay / white Tee & knit cap, Marc‘s / jeans, H&M / boots, vintage / faux fringe bag, Lindex / sunnies, Florida drugstore / arm warmers, 15 years old / necklace, Brooklyn Charm ///